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I live in LA and it is summer. Well, you wouldn’t know it by looking outside. It’s overcast and it just drizzled!! Unbelievable. So making soup wasn’t as crazy an idea as I thought it was when I woke up. It sounded good. I’m kind of tired of eating pieces of meat. So, here is a simple and comforting idea, for a meal on a not-so-nice day!

Mix all ingredients with hands and season with salt and pepper. Form 2 dozen bite-sized meatballs and bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes.

Once stock is ready, add the chicken tenders, meatballs and greens and cook for 10 minutes, or until chicken is cooked. Remove chicken from pot, shred with two forks and return chicken to the pot. Whisk the Parmesan into the egg and slowly drizzle the egg into the stock while swirling the soup with a spoon.

For the stock:

Pour 10 cups of cold water in a pot. I save all my chicken wing tips for days like this so I can make my own stock. I just cut the pieces off and throw them into a baggie in the freezer. Then I boil them in my water for a nice tasty stock. I also threw in an onion, roughly chopped and made a spice packet by wrapping 2 bay leaves, 6-7 stems and leaves of parsley, 8 peppercorns and 4-5 stems and leaves of fresh thyme in cheesecloth and tying it closed with some kitchen twine. I boiled all that for about an hour, removed everything and seasoned it with salt and pepper. Like I said, you don’t have to make your own stock, and this is a very easy shortcut to making “proper” stock, but there’s something satisfying about starting from a pot of water and creating a beautiful bowl of soup from scratch.

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This was awesome. Made it for dinner tonight. Added some minced garlic and basil to the meatballs and cooking in the oven prior to putting into the soup was a great idea. The meatballs were the best part esp with the pepper flakes, just enough heat.

JaniceSeptember 19, 2011 at 7:46 pm

glad you liked it! i’m posting a greek lemon soup tomorrow that i really loved! you should try it too!

Notes from Janice

Hi all! Just wanted to update you on how I'm doing on my diet. I have to be honest and tell you I haven't weighed myself yet. I really couldn't do it two weeks ago but I'm getting ready to do it probably on Monday. I had to get myself ready to see the damage I have done after all that hard work a couple years ago when I reached my goal weight. I tried to go vegan and pretty much ate my way through a lot of carbs. While I'm not happier eating meat, I am happier with the results. I think I need to lose about 20 pounds. I'll know Monday. But I will tell you I feel sooooo much better today than I did two weeks ago. I've definitely lost maybe 5 pounds and I'm on my way again to a much happier me. Stick with it and let me know how I can help!

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